Why is this difficult? And what can we say so far?
/thread
And then there is the issue of evidence. /2
Even mental health impact of an economic downturn can be mitigated if we support people losing jobs or on benefits. /3
•community rate hasn’t risen (UCL Covid social study)
•hospital attendances are down
•perhaps as a result, charities report more
/7
•the distress that many are feeling
•the need to pre-empt suicide risk with support for most vulnerable
•that those headlines are at best speculative & unreliable
•the importance of evidence in a crisis - even more than usual
/ends